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Chapter 341: Pingkangfang

With epoch-making technology, what is missing now is a channel to show its value.

Of course, Yan Fei would not go to the East and West Market to be sold. Not to mention whether anyone believes that simply being known by foreign merchants from all over the world would be leaked. For example, the Turks do not know this technology yet. If they were known by these nomadic peoples who were all cavalry, it would be a big loss.

At this time, Yan Fei’s previous arrangement could see the effect. He had a channel to contact, which was Changsun Chong.

Although Changsun Chong is just a young boy with a fuzzy mouth, he is the number one hero of the dynasty. As the eldest son of Changsun Chong is not low in his status.

After leaving the Chenji Blacksmith Shop, Yan Fei gave Zhao Si a gold nugget and asked him to exchange money for food to transport it back to the manor. Yan Fei himself went to Changsun's house.

The pattern of Chang'an City is that the common people gather in the south, the rich and small officials in the west, and the powerful and noble families in the east, especially the folks in the northeast. The mansion of the Changsun family is Yongxingfang next to the imperial city.

When Yan Fei arrived in Yongxingfang, he was stopped by the officials. Because the people living inside were all powerful and powerful people, no one was allowed to enter. Yan Fei could only say that he was Changsun Chong's friend and came to him for discussion with important matters.

The official from the shop went to the inside to inform him, but when he came back, the news that Changsun Chong was not at home and was gathering in Ruyi Building at this moment.

This made Yan Fei depressed. He didn't know where Ruyi Tower was. After sighing, he took out a silver bar one or two and handed it to the shopkeeper. Yesterday, when Zhao Si changed the money, he exchanged a batch of silver bars and was used by Yan Fei as change.

After receiving the money, the official who had originally had a tense face finally showed a smile and quickly explained to Yan Fei that this was a gathering of a group of children from aristocratic families. As for Ruyi Tower, it was in Pingkangfang.

Yan Fei from Pingkangfang knew that this was a famous romantic swamp in Chang'an City. Simply put, it was the Red X area. It was also the favorite place for the powerful and wealthy families to visit.

Yan Fei raised his hand and looked at the dazzling sunshine in the sky, and he felt very despised by the children of these aristocratic families. This in broad daylight was actually hanging around in the Red X area, which was really a group of rotten wood that could not be carved.

Although it cannot be said that the children of the aristocratic families were wronged, there is indeed a reason.

There is an extremely strict curfew system in Chang'an City. Except for a few festivals such as the Shangyuan Festival, other days are the twilight drums that start to beating at 10:00 am every night. The twilight is the twilight hour, that is, dusk. If it is converted into Beijing time, it is the time period from 19:00 to 21:00 am.

The sound of the evening drum means urging everyone to go home quickly and not to stroll on the streets. When the drum stops at the hour of Hai, please do not go out in all places. If the hour of Hai is converted into Beijing time, it is the period from 21:00 to 23:00 in the evening.

We have to wait until the next morning at 5:00 am to ring the morning bell. This is the time when curfew is lifted. The fifth hour is the time when people can travel. The fifth hour is the time between 3:00 am and 5:00 am in Beijing time.

To put it simply, the bell ringing starts at 8:30 pm every night, and the house is prohibited from going out at 9:00 pm. You have to wait until 5:00 the next morning before going out. During this period, in addition to urgent matters such as illness, childbirth, and funeral, you will be beaten if you are caught. The punishment standard is fifty whips. If it is shortly after the beginning of the curfew, and shortly before the ban is opened at the fifth hour, you will reduce the ten whips as appropriate.

Curfew is difficult for modern people to understand, but it is the norm in this era. It is precisely because of the curfew that places like Pingkangfang usually start to visit in the afternoon. There are many people who start doing business before the sunset is set.

Changsun Chong and the others were fooling around in Pingkangfang at this time. In Yan Fei's opinion, it belonged to Bai Rixuan X, but it was not a big deal in this era.

After getting the news he wanted, Yan Fei turned over and ran towards Pingkangfang.

Pingkangfang is the most famous of the 108 Chang'an yards. Even in later generations, the legend of Pingkangfang is still circulating. This is the first Red X area in Chinese history. Countless literati and scholars, powerful and wealthy people are all seeking fun here. Li Bai and Du Fu and others are regular visitors here.

The street scattered, and the two cities were filled with noise day and night, and the lights were endless. No one in the capital could compare with the famous Pingkang House.

The famous poem written by Meng Jiao after passing the imperial examination, "The past is dirty and not worth praising, but now it is unrestrained and thoughts are endless. The spring breeze is so proud that the horse's hooves are fast, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day" is written by Pingkangfang. The words here are not to really go to the park to enjoy the flowers, but to talk about life in a simple and easy way with the charming beauties in Pingkangfang.

There are dozens of Qing and Chu Pavilions in Pingkangfang, and there are countless small families working alone. As for the girls inside, they are also selected from all over the country, most of them are talented women who have been rigorously trained to know how to play music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

At most, ordinary people go to those small families to vent their feelings. The real powerful and wealthy families go to those well-known buildings to spend money. Ordinary people are not even qualified to enter.

In addition to being the famous XX concentration area, this place is also a gathering place for the underworld members. However, the public security is good, after all, this place is a gold-selling cave.

Yan Fei did not stop him this time. The doorman sat in a teahouse next to the yard and drank tea. He didn't even look at the carriages of the personnel entering and leaving Pingkangfang.

Ruyi Building is not difficult to find. Just ask passers-by and point directly to a five-story wooden building not far away and said that it was Ruyi Building.

Looking at the wooden building that was nearly twenty meters high, Yan Fei was a little surprised that this era could actually build such a tall building with wood. He underestimated the wisdom of the ancients. In a few years, Li Shimin would build the famous Daming Palace on Longshouyuan. Its area covers five times that of the Forbidden City, and its height exceeds three hundred feet, which is about 90 meters.

In a few years, Wu Zetian will build the Qianyuan Hall in the eastern capital Luoyang, with a height of 86 meters. These are all wooden buildings. It is said that there is also a building used to store Buddhist scriptures, called the Heavenly Palace. The palace that was destroyed by the fire in just seven years after the construction was completed is more than 100 meters high.

When he came to Ruyi Tower, he turned over and got off the horse, and threw a silver bar one or two in a way to the door who came to lead the horse, "Where is the eldest grandson?"

Here I want to complain about those unscrupulous costume TV series and movies. I always pay hundreds of taels of silver to eat and reward them, and I always do whatever I do. The screenwriter and director never thought about the price level of the times. They simply used silver as soft-girl coins. This ignorant cognition can be brought to the screen. I really don’t know how these people took history classes.

It was like a silver bar that Yan Fei threw out, which was enough to exchange for 1,600 cents. Even in this high-priced environment, it was almost enough to buy half a stone of grain, which was definitely a huge sum of money. The door that led the horse was already smiling so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth.

"Reply to your words." The big and thick door bent down his waist deeply. "You are drinking and reciting poems upstairs. I dare to ask your husband's name, but the younger ones will report it to you."

"Just ask Changsun Chong to tell Yan Fei that there is something important to discuss." Yan Fei carried his travel bag on his shoulder and walked in directly.

Ruyi Building is very big, and there is a stage similar to a stage in the middle of the lobby on the first floor. It feels like it is a stage performing singing and dancing, but perhaps it is not time to come, and there are no one on the stage. There are many seats and benches around. At this time, many guests are already sitting around the stage, and there are also charming girls around them to help pour wine and tea, chatting and chatting very lively.

The middle of the floor is empty, directly to the roof. The other floors are surrounded by hollow in the middle, and various laughter and slight musical sounds intersect, making the entire space look very lively.

Compared with modern people who have countless ways of leisure and entertainment, people in ancient times were really boring. The places where they could find fun were the Qing Lou Chu Pavilion. There are live singing and dancing music, there are charming women who flatter each other, there are fighting each other for money and fighting each other. This is the core of ancient entertainment life.

Yan Fei followed the door who led the way up the stairs and walked up the stairs. When he reached the top floor, he saw a group of strong men with tiger backs and bears on the entrance of the stairs. These should be the guards of the children of the aristocratic families.

The men quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words, then entered the inside. The generals kept looking at Yan Fei, with unconcealed aggressive eyes as if they wanted to see through Yan Fei's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys.

It doesn't matter to these Yan Fei at all. He turned around and leaned on the pillar to look at the various places leisurely through the spacious space in the middle.

He saw some people holding the beauty in his arms and kissing them, some people holding the wine pot and trying hard to drink wine, and several men sitting together and whispering as if they were doing secret work, and saw artful people reciting poems and listening to the musicians playing beside him, and saw waiters carrying wine, dishes, and fruit plates flowing to tables everywhere.

This is the real Qing. Lou Chu Pavilion, and there are all kinds of things on earth. People who lack entertainment are venting everything in their hearts, and of course they are venting their wealth here.

When Yan Fei was admiring the various aspects of the world thousands of years ago like a tourist, a burst of laughter like a bell came from behind.

"This gentleman, I am polite." A glorious figure, charming face and a smile that makes people look like spring breeze appeared in front of Yan Fei. This is an absolutely beautiful beauty, even from Yan Fei's eyes, she can reach the standard of 90.

"Is this the madam?" Yan Fei was shocked, and then hated the unscrupulous screenwriters and directors. In the film and television works he had come into contact with, the so-called madams are mostly ugly and disgusting. They are either covered with powder on their faces like evil spirits, or fat women with big heads and big ears, big waists and round waists when they speak. Even if they are slightly better, they are at most half-old Xu Lady with charm. She has never had a beautiful person like her in front of her.

"Ignorance." Yan Fei, who came to his senses, nodded with a smile. Yan Fei, who had strong confidence in himself, had never learned ancient etiquette, and everything was based on his own understanding.

"Mr. I am so mighty." The madam smiled and held her skirt and waved to Yan Fei. "Mr. Come, Mr., the prince and the others are waiting."
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